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Vasopressin

Disturbed Secretion and Its Effects

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. L. Kovács

    1. Department of Pediatrics, Comenius University Medical School, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

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  2. B. Lichardus

    1. Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Center of Physiological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

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Part of the book series: Developments in Nephrology (DINE, volume 25)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Basal Mechanisms of Water and Salt Homeostasis

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 1-12

  3. Hypothalamo-Neurohypophyseal Hormones and Neurophysins

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 13-18

  4. Neurosecretion

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 19-29

  5. Biosynthesis, Transport and Release of Vasopressin

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 30-37

  6. Regulation of Vasopressin Secretion and Thirst

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 38-62

  7. Vasopressin Assays

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 63-66

  8. Receptors and Synthetic Analogs of Vasopressin

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 67-78

  9. Vasopressin and Renal Regulation of Water Homeostasis

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 79-105

  10. Vasopressin in Circulatory Control

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 106-113

  11. Vasopressin and Hemostasis

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 114-119

  12. Vasopressin and Anterior Pituitary Function

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 120-122

  13. Vasopressin and Brain Function

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 123-129

  14. Metabolic Effects of Vasopressin

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 130-130

  15. Clinical Disturbances of Vasopressin Secretion and Effects (Hypo- and Hypervasopressinism)

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 131-135

  16. Ontogenesis of Body Water Homeostasis and Vasopressin Secretion

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 136-157

  17. Renal Water Handling, Vasopressin Secretion and Thirst Sensation in the Elderly

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 158-160

  18. Clinical Syndromes Associated with Hypovasopressinism

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 161-202

  19. Hypertonic Syndromes

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 203-211

  20. Hypervasopressinism

    • L. Kovács, B. Lichardus
    Pages 212-214
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About this book

The mechanisms by which animals regulate the volume and composition of their body fluids has long had a particular fascination for students of biology. As a consequence, the subject can lay claim to an impressive record of ground­ breaking scientific achievements as well as a provocative body of philosophical speculation concerning the role of the system in the origin and evolution of life. Indeed, the entire concept of homeostasis on which so much of o~r current biologic thinking is based, derives from Claude Bernard's pioneering exploration of the forces that determine the composition of this 'internal sea'. Other seminal achievements credited to this area of inquiry include the first description of a genetically transmitted human disease (familial neurogenic diabetes insipidus); the first isolation sequencing and synthesis of a peptide hormone (vasopressin and oxytocin); the first demonstration of peptide hormone synthesis by way of a larger protein precursor; the first description of resistance to the biologic actions of a hormone (nephrogenic diabetes insipidus); and the conceptual realization of the unique counter-current mechanism that permits concentration of the urine. This record of far reaching and fundamental advances has been distinguished by many fruitful inter­ actions between clinical and basic science.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pediatrics, Comenius University Medical School, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    L. Kovács

  • Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Center of Physiological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    B. Lichardus

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Vasopressin

  • Book Subtitle: Disturbed Secretion and Its Effects

  • Authors: L. Kovács, B. Lichardus

  • Series Title: Developments in Nephrology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0449-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Avicenum, Czechoslovak Medical Press, Prague 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0249-0Due: 30 April 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6686-0Published: 09 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0449-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 296

  • Topics: Nephrology, Diabetes, Pediatrics

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